Antony,
Kudos on the great coverage and the excellent comments.
Im astonished that people don't understand the preferential voting system that we have in place and that people believe that the parties control the flow of preferences for the House! That's what all the boxes are for people! You are the ones deciding on the preferences.
I recall learning about this in late primary school. I wonder if it was on the national curriculum agenda?
Gotta love the democratic process!

In the last two days I have been deluged with questions about Denison. The main one is how can Andrew Wilkie win the seat if the Liberal candidate is finishing second? The answer is that preferential voting is not a run-off between the two leading candidates. The count is conducted by succesivel...